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MATTER OF BROOKS v. WALLACE

2019-14357. Docket Nos. V-29751-16, V-2764-17, V-12632-17.

191 A.D.3d 781 (2021)

138 N.Y.S.3d 362

2021 NY Slip Op 00845

In the Matter of Na'Tosha D. Brooks, Respondent, v. Lanzo Wallace, Appellant, et al., Respondent. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of Lanzo Wallace, Appellant, v. ACS-Kings, Respondent, and Na'Tosha D. Brooks, Respondent. (Proceeding No. 2.).

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided February 10, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda C. Braunsberg , Staten Island, NY, for appellant.

Jill M. Zuccardy , New York, NY, for petitioner-respondent in Proceeding No. 1 and respondent-respondent in Proceeding No. 2.

Janet E. Sabel , New York, NY ( Dawne A. Mitchell , Marcia Egger , and Nicole Bingham of counsel), attorney for the child.

Austin, J.P., Miller, LaSalle and Barros, JJ., concur.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

The mother and the father each filed a petition for sole legal and residential custody of their child, a daughter born in 2014. Following a hearing, the Family Court, inter alia, awarded sole legal custody of the child to the mother. The father appeals.

The paramount concern in this custody dispute is the best interests of the child (see Eschbach v Eschbach,

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